Edinburgh Science Festival is the first and still one of Europe’s biggest science festivals, taking place over the Easter ...

They are classed as the largest rodents in the world and now two infants are moving into Edinburgh ... of living collections at RZSS, said, “It is so exciting to have capybara at the zoo for ...

The surviving animals have temporarily been given the names A, B and C, which is how animals were named by the charity's founder, Thomas Gillespie , when Edinburgh Zoo first opened in 1913.

Edinburgh Zoo's latest additions are already showing just why they were brought to the capital. Two new female capybara pups arrived in the city earlier this week, and the adorable pair are ...

The seven-month-old siblings, named Cali and Luna, moved to Edinburgh Zoo from Jimmy’s Farm and Wildlife Park in Ipswich. The girls stayed indoors for their first few days to settle in ...

Cali and Luna have been described as "inquisitive" by staff at Edinburgh Zoo as well as their old owners in Ipswich, so visitors to the capital's home of animals will hopefully be entertained by the ...

Edinburgh Zoo has welcomed ... unusual appearance. Head of living collections at RZSS Darren McGarry commented: "It is so exciting to have capybara at the zoo for the first time in over 15 years.

Edinburgh Zoo has welcomed the arrival of two adorable capybaras in time for the February half term. The two seven-month-old sisters travelled from Jimmy’s Farm & Wildlife Park in Ipswich to their new ...

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The lynx have just completed their 30-day quarantine at Edinburgh Zoo Credit: Royal Zoological Society of Scotland. Three lynx that were illegally released in the Cairngorms are “doing well ...

ZOO bosses have seen a bounce in visitors desperate to view a rare pygmy hippo. Haggis was born in Edinburgh Zoo in October and has proved a hit to rival another calf, internet star Moo Deng.